CHAIRMAN

Loay Hisham Nazer, founder and Executive Chairman of the Nazer Group, received a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1987, followed in 1989 by his Master's Degree in Business Administration from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA.

He was elected to serve for the year 2006-2007 as Chairman of the International Board of Directors of the Young Presidents Organization, a global non-profit organization of Chairmen and CEOs under the age of 50. Additionally, Mr. Nazer was selected by the World Economic Forum as a member of the Young Global Leaders (YGL) which is designated as a community of extraordinary leaders under the age of 40.

In 2003 Mr. Nazer was elected and continues to serve as the Vice Chairman of the National Insurance Committee at the Saudi Chamber of Commerce and is one of the leading negotiators with various governmental institutions for the development of the insurance market in Saudi Arabia. In 2002 he served as Vice Chairman of the International Relations Committee at the Jeddah Chamber. In 2001 Mr. Nazer was named as a Board Member of the Jeddah Marketing Board, which organizes the most prominent business and economic forum in the Middle East, the Jeddah Economic Forum, and is responsible for the development of the City of Jeddah as a center of regional and international conferences and exhibitions. He is a member of the American Business Group of Jeddah.

Mr. Nazer also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Jordan Foundation for Education, which is chaired by Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdallah.

From 1995 to 1998, Mr. Nazer was a Board Member of the Harvard Institute for Social and Economic Policy Board in the Middle East and was Chairman of its Executive Committee. In June 2005 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Goodwin College in Connecticut, USA.

Mr. Nazer lectures regionally on globalization and the impact on regional economic development. He has been quoted many times in the Western press on issues related to Saudi Arabia and has been interviewed on CNN’s Business Today.

Abdulrahman Ibrahim Al-Haidari
Regional Director - Central Region – Nazer Group Ltd. &
Vice Chairman – Arabian Medical Marketing Co. Ltd

Education: Biochemistry, University of the Pacific, California, USA

Responsibilities: will include Business Development for Nazer Group Ltd., particularly in the Healthcare sector, maintaining a wide range of relationships with key international healthcare organizations, manufacturers & suppliers of medical equipment & healthcare systems. He has over twenty (20) years of experience in the healthcare/medical field. To utilize his broad knowledge and experience with government hospitals, private medical companies for the overall benefit of NGL & AMCO. Abdulrahman is the member of the Medical Committee of Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and a member of the National Health Council of The Saudi Chambers of Commerce.

Wafic Faraj
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Amco

Wafic Faraj joins AMCO as CEO after an extensive and distinguished career in a variety of markets in the MENA Region. With particular expertise in sales and marketing, Wafic is a well rounded CEO with a demonstrated record of high achievement throughout his career, particularly in high growth businesses. His focus on operational excellence and quality will undoubtedly lead AMCO to an even higher level of customer service and commitment to quality in the Saudi health care market.



 

Tal Nazer
Managing Director
BUPA Arabia


Holding an MBA from THE WHARTON SCHOOL, Pennsylvania, USA (Finance and Buyouts, May 2001) and a BA in Economics from UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES, (UCLA, California, USA, Dec 1996), Tal Nazer is currently the Managing Director of BUPA Middle East, a leading private medical insurer based in Saudi Arabia.

He was previously the Customer Service & Operations Director of the company, driving it to its current premier position by focusing on streamlined operations and high levels of customer satisfaction.

Tal worked previously as the Structured Finance Manager for National Commercial Bank. He also worked as an associate for ORYX CAPITAL, (Illinois, USA) after taking part in the MERRILL LYNCH, (London, UK) Executive training program.

Tal enjoys strong ties to the business community in Saudi Arabia, currently holding the following positions: Board Member, Jeddah Chamber of Commerce & Industry Insurance Committee; Board Member, National Centre for Health Insurance Standards; Vice Chairman, Nazer Group; and Board Member, Arabian Medical Marketing Co. Ltd.

 

MOHAMED A. AL AYED
President & CEO,
TRACCS & Arab Conferences Company

Mohamed A. Al Ayed is a Saudi national from Hail who has established himself as one of the leading practitioners of public relations in the Middle East. Al Ayed began his career in 1992 as a Public Relations Officer for Saudi Arabian Marketing and Refining Company (SAMAREC - now Saudi Aramco). In 1994 he joined the country’s first dedicated public relations company as a media relations officer/account executive rising quickly to become Group Accounts Director. During his tenure at this company he developed systems and procedures for serving clients as well as organizing and implementing recruitment and training of Saudi account executives, virtually pioneering the field of commercial PR in Saudi Arabia.

In 1998 he founded Saudi Creative Communications Services (SACCS) with 3 leading clients. Later in 2001, Al Ayed became the President & CEO of Trans-Arabian Creative Communications Services (TRACCS), expanding the Saudi based company into a new PR network for the Middle East, which currently has ten offices across the Middle East. In 2005 Al Ayed founded Arab Conferences Company, Saudi Arabia's first dedicated and specialized conferences organizer. Being an active spokesperson on public relations issues, he spoke at the ICCO conference held in Prague, IPRA Conferences that were held in Dubai and Cairo and delivered a keynote speech on the PR Congress held in Dubai. Al Ayed had conducted various media training for top executives of leading companies across the region.

A believer and practitioner of Corporate Social Responsibility, Al Ayed organized the first CSR Forum in the Kingdom and also chaired the first CSR Conference held in Kuwait. He is also a member of the International Public Relations Association (IPRA), the International Association of Business Leaders (IABL), and was also re-elected as the Director of the Western Province for the IPRA’s Arabian Gulf Chapter.

Mohamed Al Ayed took a high honors degree in Modern Languages with minors in French and Spanish, from Eastern Oregon State University in the USA in 1991. He was honored with many awards including the University’s most outstanding foreign language student. He is fluent in Arabic, English, French, and Spanish and proficient in German.
 

Sarah Ayed M. Al Ayed
Vice President & MD,
TRACCS

Sarah Al-Ayed is co founder of Saudi Creative Communications Services (SACCS), the first entirely Saudi public relations company that has grown to become the region’s leading PR public relations group with offices in Jeddah (HQ), Riyadh, Dubai, Cairo, Amman and Kuwait and affiliate offices in Oman, Lebanon and Syria.

Educated at the American School in Amman, Jordan, she received a BA in English Literature and Linguistics from King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah in 1997. Currently Vice-President of SACCS TRACCS and Managing Director of SACCS KSA, Sarah is an accomplished and experienced PR practionner and has directed major regional and multi-national accounts, including the annual Jeddah Economic Forum (2004 - 2007).

As an active participant in handling Corporate Social Responsibility projects and initiatives, she is currently developing the overall CSR umbrella for a number of local and regional clients in the Kingdom and has been working extensively with NGO’s on a regional and international level to further enhance the CSR identity and process in the Kingdom. She is also a member of the PR and media committee and is the PR consultant for the National Home Health Care Foundation in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia and was a member in the first Saudi Businesswomen’s Committee (that was part of JCCI) and has spoke at numerous regional and international conferences.
 

Ahmed Fuad Nazir
Managing Director, STARC

Ahmed Fuad Nazir, Managing Director, joined STARC in 2004 as a partner after spending over 14 years in investment banking and private equity. He worked previously at the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, Saudi International Bank and Bahrain International Bank in New York, London, Riyadh and Bahrain. He has served as a board member on several private and listed companies including a listed company providing services to the oil & gas sectors. He holds a BA (Hons) from Harvard University and an MBA from Columbia University.